“I entered Paradise and it was as if I was in a palace of gold. So I said: ‘Whose palace is this?’ They said: ‘A youth’s, from the Quraish.’ So I thought that I was him. I said: ‘And who is he?’ They said: “‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radi Allahu Anhu).”

Also Tirmidhi (no.3688 and he said: Hasan Sahih), Ahmad (3/107 hadith no.12046) and Ibn Hibban (no.6848) have narrated it and other than them. Additionally there are other chains and witnessing reports (for this Hadith) which is present in Kitab ul-Arbain with my Tahqiq (the original manuscript copy 23-24), however there is no need for the witnessing reports because this chain is authentic by itself – Wal Hamdulilah

[1] In the original it is “al muslim” which has been corrected using the manuscript

[UNDERSTANDING FROM THE HADITH]

1. It is established from this Hadith and other mutawatir proofs that Umar Ibn al-Khattab (Radi Allahu Anhu) is a person who will obtain Janna.

2. The Messenger of Allah (Sallalahu Alayhi Wa Salam) didn’t have knowledge of the unseen and neither knew about the past or future himself. Rather he only knew what Allah had told him through revelation.

3. This incident is of a dream and the dreams of the prophets (Alayhimusalam) are true.

4. It is not Taqlid to ask about something which you don’t know.

5. If you don’t have knowledge about a particular thing then you should ask the relevant person who has knowledge of it.

6. It is not necessary that every scholar has knowledge of everything all the time.

7. Allah has already made janna and has it prepared for His slaves

8. Those who say that janna hasn’t been made yet goes against this Hadith and this saying is not from Ahlus sunnah rather it is from ahlul bida’h

9. The ahlul iman will receive established and permanent blessings along with palaces of gold, silver, diamonds and jewellery in the hereafter – Insha Allah

10. Those who think bad things about Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) or say bad things about him are misguided and are severe people of bida’h

11. Even if a person who will go to janna dies in this world as an old person, they will enter janna in the peak of their youth.